Traill Island () is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is named after zoologist Thomas Stewart Traill. The island is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Geography

Traill Island is a coastal island located in the desolate region of Eastern Greenland on the eastern side of King Oscar Fjord, northeast of Davy Sound. Geographical Society Island lies to the north, separated by a narrow channel, the Vega Sound.

Traill Island

The southernmost point of the island is Cape Simpson. Dream Bay (Drømmebugten) is located WNW of the headland and larger Mountnorris Fjord to the northeast.

Traill Island

The highest summit of the island, a high unnamed peak of the Svinhufvud Range is one of the ultra-prominent summits of Greenland.

Traill Island

See also

List of islands of Greenland

List of Ultras of Greenland

References

External links

Uninhabited islands of Greenland

Islands of Greenland